[bloodhound31]

I am after an educated answer here.

I watched fantastic four II the other day. Good fun movie. I noticed that Saturn was consumed on the big bad dudes passage to come and destroy earth. I figured, if Saturn were removed, we would be stuffed anyway.

If one were to remove a large planet from orbit, say...Jupiter or Saturn, how would the solar system be effected? I am sure the orbits of the other planets would shift one way or another and perhaps even the sun would be effected.

I am quite certain that a question like this would have been asked before.

Is there some simple...and I mean simple... math that can illustrate and explain this?

Is there an animation or diagram that would help?

Baz.